wait in the wings

常見例句

Perhaps, after decades of waiting in the wings, the technology is finally about to hear its name called out from the stage.
或許，在等待助其飛翔的翅膀等了數(shù)幾十年之後，這項(xiàng)技術(shù)最終等來了召喚其登上舞臺的呼聲。
If you know your partner has someone waiting in the wings, it’s hard to be motivated to work on your relationship, or to be enthusiastic about it.
如果你知道你的另一半有別的人在翹首以待，確實(shí)是很難讓你經(jīng)營這段感情或是對它抱有熱情。
The Turkish army is waiting in the wings while the other armies fight the initial battles.
其他軍隊(duì)都派到了戰(zhàn)場第一線，而土耳其軍隊(duì)正在耐心的等待時(shí)機(jī)的來臨。
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And Phase 3, Consolidation, and Phase 4, Boom II, are waiting in the wings.
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In the end there will be 12 jurors seated with 6 alternates waiting in the wings.
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All the wordage about succession and fully vetted jockeys waiting in the wings misses the point.
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